Our mission is to make sure students who receive Special Services in the Issaquah School District have a voice. Our goal is to assist families in navigating the education system, connect them with resources, provide support and advocate for inclusion.
We work to ensure each Issaquah School District child is prepared for academic success as foundation for a productive life. The world thrives from people who see things differently, and we seek to nurture the different perspectives of Issaquah children through community and support.
This a series of short webinars about 10-15 minutes in length to answer 3-4 community questions regarding ISD Special Services. The PTSA goal for the webinar series is to provide ISD families with special education students a resource for answers to common issues.
Webinar #1 (recorded 10/20/2020) focuses on the return to school, the students that returned early, IEP updates post the pandemic
Webinar #2 (recorded 01/21/2021) focuses on how to escalate IEPs to accommodate hybrid learning and how to improve the IEP process for families.
Webinar #3 (recorded on 02/09/2021) focuses on how services will be provided during hybrid or fully remote learning and how a parent can request and IEP meeting.
Webinar #4 (recorded on 03/09/2021) focuses on questions about paraprofessional training and their responsibilities in the special education setting, questions about the difficulty scheduling an IEP and current open bargaining information.
Webinar #5 (recorded on 04/13/2021) focuses on return to school options, extended year options or summer school options to make up for gaps in learning.
Webinar #6 (recorded on 5/25/2021) focuses on what ESY is and recovery and compensatory services.
Webinar #7 February 2022 (recorded on 2/11/2022) focuses on recovery services.
Webinar #8 August 2021 (recorded on 8/26/2021) focuses on new Assistant Superintendent of Special Services role, IEP goals, staffing and all related services and a review of recovery services.
Webinar #9 October 2021 (recorded on 10/4/2021) focuses on examples of individualized recovery plan options, IEP standards timelines, how to recover missed service minutes, ISD communications to special service families.
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